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Ticket Sales Blues Now Plaguing Jets

Those who hate TV blackouts of Bucs games worse than wart breakouts in gential areas might find this post especially interesting.

Mike Lombardi, of NFL Network, reported Friday that the New York Jets still had 12,000 tickets to sell for tonight’s Monday night clash at the Meadowlands against Houston.

The Jets denied the report without specifics, but regardless, the team is clearly not moving tickets. Before opening day, there were reports of the Jets struggling to sellout that game, even in a nearly new stadium and Tim Tebow in tow.

Joe finds this to be a good thing for Bucs fans, as it could get the NFL to make further adjustments to the blackout rule.

It still steams Joe that the Bucs broke the “85-percent rule” against the Redskins, but the game couldn’t be televised because the tickets were sold after the Thursday deadline for the Sunday game. What? The deadline can’t run until, say 60 minutes before kickoff? Surely the technology is in place to make that possible.

The Jets are an interesting story compared to the Bucs. Their MetLife stadium capacity has 17,000 more seats than Raymond James Stadium, and Jets cheap seats are more than double the price of Bucs cheap seats.

Per BSPN, the Jets have the highest average non-premium ticket price in the league at $117.94. The Bucs checked in at 19th out of the 32-team league with an average price of $69.72.

Joe understands the blackout rule but believes it needs further tweaking and flexibility.

Oh, and by the way, reams of $30 tickets for the Bucs-Chiefs game Sunday are available now on TicketMaster.com.

NY has more people making six figures than Clearwater Beach has grains of sand. Like many other large cities; people in NY have no patience though. It may not be the economy up there, but the age of technology is keeping fans from taking that painful drive or subway ride to their stadium. This is only the beginning of half full stadiums around the entire league. The NFL should realize that football is a true blue collar sport that charges white collar prices. These same fans are not hard core and will find something else to do if that team is not winning on a regular basis.

Few people from NYC venture to that wasteland known as New Jersey to see Jets games; in fact, most of their fans are of the bridge & tunnel type. And no, it’s not the commute getting to the Meadowlands on a Monday night, but the Tuesday morning Mark Sanchez and alcohol hangover commute to work the very next day that hinders the sell of tickets to a MNF game.
I have serious doubts Jets games are looking at blackouts in the near future, unless Chris Christie eats all the hot dogs in the tri-state area.

How many more games will be played this season before we start hearing how Freeman and Sanchez were busts from their drafts? It’s probably a good bet that the Jets won’t be taking another QB from USC any time soon though.

Interesting as Pro Football Talk recently reported that the popularity of the NFL is at an all-time high,with 59% of poll respondents saying that they follow the sport. Apparently a lot of folks like to enjoy the games at a distance.